Brunswick Cemeteries

Cemeteries are not all alike

This activity is a field trip which centers on cemeteries. Students will easily see how cemeteries, graves and grave markers vary over time and between ethnic groups. They will need some help to understand how attitudes towards death also vary over time and between ethnic groups. Before doing the field trip we recommend studying the next webpage on gravestones and memorials.

Estimated time for the field trip: 4 hours. Before the fieldtrip, you will need to give a lesson on cemeteries and gravestones. The graphic materials on this webpage will give you the information you need to impart to your students.

Notice how the oldest cemetery in Brunswick (Oak Grove)		differs from the newest (Brunswick Memorial Gardens)
Oak Grove has both standing stones		and flat markers covering in-ground burials
as well as crypts for above-ground burials		Memorial Gardens has flat bronze and marble markers for burials, no crypts at all and, unlike Laurel Grove, mausolea for cremated remains.

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